Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Retrospective Theses and Dissertations Dissertations 1972 Synthetic approaches to the guaiane sesquiterpenes Lloyd Payne Hill Iowa State University Follow this and additional works at: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/rtd Part of the Organic Chemistry Commons Recommended Citation Hill, Lloyd Payne, "Synthetic approaches to the guaiane sesquiterpenes " (1972). Retrospective Theses and Dissertations. 5918. https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/rtd/5918 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Dissertations at Iowa State University Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Retrospective Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Iowa State University Digital Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. 73-3891 HILL, Lloyd Payne, 1945- SYNTHETIC APPROACHES TO THE GUAIANE SESQUITERPENES. Iowa State University, Ph.D., 1972 Chemistry, organic University Microfilms, A XEROX Company, Ann Arbor, Michigan THIS DISSERTATION HAS BEEN MICROFILMED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED. Synthetic approaches to the guaiane sesquiterpenes by Lloyd Payne Hill A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty in Partial Fulfillment of The Requirements for the Degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Department: Chemistry Major: Organic Chemistry Approved: Signature was redacted for privacy. Signature was redacted for privacy. Fot the Major Department Signature was redacted for privacy. For the Graduate College Iowa State University Ames, Iowa 1972 PLEASE NOTE: Some pages may have Indistinct print. Filmed as received. University Microfilms, A Xerox Education Company ii TABLE OF CONTENTS Page DEDICATION iii INTRODUCTION 1 HISTORICAL 4 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 17 EXPERIMENTAL 52 CONCLUSION 83 LITERATURE CITED 84 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 89 iii DEDICATION To my Family 1 INTRODUCTION The essential oils are found in flora and have been a source of curiosity to Man for hundreds of years.